Worldly Saviors and Imperial Authority in Medieval Chinese Buddhism - April D. Hughes - Bog - University of Hawai'i Press - Plusbog.dk
Demonstrates how dynastic founders like Wu Zhao (Wu Zetian, r. 690-705), the only woman to rule China under her own name, and Yang Jian (Emperor Wen, r. 581-604), the first ruler of the Sui dynasty, closely identified with Buddhist worldly saviors and Wheel-Turning Kings to legitimate their rule.
